Georgia’s Own Millsaps Scores First Monster Energy® Supercross Wins of his Career

Rookie Canard Leads Lites Class Wire to Wire

ATLANTA (February 23, 2008)
Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., won the first Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at the Georgia Dome in front of 67,429 fans. In the first professional Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites race of his career, Torco Fuels Honda’s Trey Cannard, of Elk City, Okla., led all 15 laps of the main event en route to the victory.

Team San Manuel’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., jumped out of the gate and won the $1,500 Progressive Holeshot Award with Millsaps and Team San Manuel’s Nathan Ramsey, of Menifee, Calif., following in second and third respectively.

While leading, Reed crashed before the finish line on lap six and re-mounted in 11th place. Millsaps assumed the lead while last week’s winner, Kevin Windham, moved into second place on lap six but was unable to reel in Millsaps. Red Bull Honda’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, moved into third in the race and finished on the podium.

Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps

“I don’t like to take a win like this, but a win is a win,” said Millsaps. “I had a lot of friends and family here tonight, so winning in front of them is huge, especially my first win in this class.”

Canard won the $1,000 Progressive Holeshot Award with KTM’s Ryan Sipes, of Vine Grove, Ken., in tow. Reigning Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites champion, Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., crashed in turn one along with Torco Fuels Honda’s Josh Grant, of Riverside. Both Villopoto and Grant were heavy favorites to win the main event.

On lap six, Villopoto, while working his way through traffic, crashed once again and could not finish the race. On lap seven, KTM’s Martin Davalos, of Cairo, Ga., passed Sipes for second place.

“I do not know what to say right now,” said Cannard. “I have waited my whole life for this, and to get the win means so much to me. “I had a great heat race and was ready for the main.”

Tonight’s AMA Supercross class race will air on CBS Sports tomorrow at Noon (EST). The AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Saturday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m.

Supercross Main Event Results

Pos.	No.	Rider name	Bike	Lap	Int.
1	118	David D Millsaps	Honda CRF450R	20	---
2	14	Kevin W Windham	Honda CRF450R	20	6.051
3	29	Andrew T Short	Honda CRF450R	20	10.236
4	15	Timmy M Ferry	Kawasaki KX450F	20	11.014
5	25	Nathan Ramsey	Yamaha YZ450F	20	14.607
6	22	Chad Reed	Yamaha YZ450F	20	33.91
7	24	Charles J Summey	Yamaha YZ450F	20	35.912
8	42	Paul P Carpenter	Honda CRF450R	20	44.317
9	12	David Vuillemin	Suzuki RM-Z450	20	51.481
10	37	Jason W Thomas	Honda CRF450R	19	---
11	39	Ryan D Clark	Honda CRF450R	19	---
12	13	Heath D Voss	Honda CRF450R	19	---
13	256	Bryan K Johnson	Honda CRF450R	19	---
14	27	Nicholas A Wey	KTM 450SX	19	---
15	66	Jacob Marsack	Honda CRF450R	19	---
16	53	Cole T Siebler	Honda CRF450R	19	---
17	43	Jeff Gibson	Kawasaki KX450F	19	---
18	100	Joshua Hansen	Yamaha YZ450F	18	---
19	40	Joshua R Hill	Yamaha YZ450F	13	---
20	44	Troy K Adams	Honda CRF450R	8	---

Supercross Overall Results

Pos.	Pts.	Rider name	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	RD 5	RD 6	RD 7	RD 8
1	184	C. Reed	25 (1)	22 (2)	25 (1)	25 (1)	25 (1)	25 (1)	22 (2)	15 (6)
2	159	K. Windham	16 (5)	20 (3)	20 (3)	22 (2)	18 (4)	16 (5)	25 (1)	22 (2)
3	137	T. Ferry	20 (3)	11 (10)	15 (6)	11 (10)	20 (3)	22 (2)	20 (3)	18 (4)
4	123	D. Millsaps	14 (7)	7 (14)	2 (19)	20 (3)	22 (2)	20 (3)	13 (8)	25 (1)
5	121	A. Short	13 (8)	18 (4)	12 (9)	8 (13)	16 (5)	18 (4)	16 (5)	20 (3)
6	101	N. Ramsey	10 (11)	14 (7)	14 (7)	5 (16)	14 (7)	13 (8)	15 (6)	16 (5)
7	84	J. Hill	5 (16)	10 (11)	22 (2)	3 (18)	9 (12)	15 (6)	18 (4)	2 (19)
8	84	N. Wey	12 (9)	5 (16)	9 (12)	14 (7)	13 (8)	12 (9)	12 (9)	7 (14)
9	72	D. Vuillemin	11 (10)	6 (15)	10 (11)	1 (20)	7 (14)	14 (7)	11 (10)	12 (9)
10	69	M. Alessi	15 (6)	15 (6)	18 (4)	6 (15)	15 (6)
11	67	C. Summey		12 (9)	11 (10)	10 (11)	5 (16)	1 (20)	14 (7)	14 (7)
12	67	P. Carpenter	8 (13)	9 (12)	8 (13)	1 (21)	10 (11)	8 (13)	10 (11)	13 (8)
13	53	I. Tedesco	6 (15)	16 (5)	16 (5)	15 (6)
14	47	J. Stewart	22 (2)	25 (1)
15	45	H. Voss	7 (14)	8 (13)	7 (14)	13 (8)	1 (20)			9 (12)
16	38	G. Langston	18 (4)	1 (20)	3 (18)	16 (5)
17	37	T. Adams	2 (19)			12 (9)	12 (9)	10 (11)		1 (20)
18	35	J. Marsack				18 (4)		4 (17)	7 (14)	6 (15)
19	35	J. Hansen	1 (20)	13 (8)	13 (8)			3 (18)	2 (19)	3 (18)
20	35	J. Thomas	1 (22)		4 (17)	2 (19)		11 (10)	6 (15)	11 (10)

Supercross Lites Main Event Results

Pos.	No.	Rider name	Bike	Lap	Int.
1	48	Trey G Canard	Honda CRF250R	15	---
2	577	Martin Davalos	KTM 250SXF	15	7.296
3	57	Ryan Sipes	KTM 250SXF	15	9.57
4	82	Jake Moss	Yamaha YZ250F	15	11.907
5	391	Tyler T Bowers	Yamaha YZ250F	15	16.406
6	77	Branden L Jesseman	Kawasaki KX250F	15	17.483
7	20	Joshua M Grant	Honda CRF250R	15	21.817
8	341	Nico A Izzi	Suzuki RM-Z250	15	23.45
9	36	Kyle P Chisholm	Kawasaki KX250F	15	25.229
10	979	Ben Coisy	Honda CRF250R	15	35.801
11	116	Ryan Morais	Yamaha YZ250F	15	37.551
12	95	Kyle Partridge	Honda CRF250R	15	41.67
13	70	Ryan Mills	Honda CRF250R	15	42.637
14	195	Billy R Payne	Honda CRF250R	15	46.201
15	702	Jimmy Albertson	Suzuki RM-Z250	14	---
16	178	Phillip J Nicoletti	Kawasaki KX250F	14	---
17	75	Ricky L Renner	Kawasaki KX250F	14	---
18	109	Matt Boni	Honda CRF250R	14	---
19	270	Nathan H Skaggs	Honda CRF250R	14	---
20	412	Levi W Kilbarger	Honda CRF250R	14	---
21	321	Chad E Ward	Kawasaki KX250F	13	---
22	2	Ryan D Villopoto	Kawasaki KX250F	5	---

Supercross Lites Overall Results

Pos.	Pts.	Rider name	RD 1
1	25	T. Canard	25 (1)
2	22	M. Davalos	22 (2)
3	20	R. Sipes	20 (3)
4	18	J. Moss	18 (4)
5	16	T. Bowers	16 (5)
6	15	B. Jesseman	15 (6)
7	14	J. Grant	14 (7)
8	13	N. Izzi	13 (8)
9	12	K. Chisholm	12 (9)
10	11	B. Coisy	11 (10)
11	10	R. Morais	10 (11)
12	9	K. Partridge	9 (12)
13	8	R. Mills	8 (13)
14	7	B. Payne	7 (14)
15	6	J. Albertson	6 (15)
16	5	P. Nicoletti	5 (16)
17	4	R. Renner	4 (17)
18	3	M. Boni	3 (18)
19	2	N. Skaggs	2 (19)
20	1	L. Kilbarger	1 (20)